Cutting attachment



Jan. 19, 1932. I RIETMAINN H v 1,842,288

CUTTING ATTACHMENT Filed May 15, 1929 Jigl,

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This: invention relates to new and useful cutting elements primarily-designed for use upon spools, drums and the like.

'An object of the invention contemplates:

I the provision and arrangement of means whereby the cutting element is disposed for action as .the material is paid out from thereel or drum and to sever same at any desired length. r 710' 1 Another object of theinvention comprehends a supporting structure for the cutting element. e y

An additional object of the invention con'-' sists of holdin means for the cutting element whereby t e latter will be sustained m position for use.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further consists of the following novel features and details of construc- 10 tion, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in. the appended claim.

In'the drawingst I Figure 1 is a side elevation of a spool or drum structure with the invention applied and partly broken away to illustrate the relative arrangement thereof. 1

Figure 2 is a top plan view of thereel with the invention applied.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the in- 'ventionperse. y Y

Fi re 4 is a perspective view of a modified orm of my mvention, ,7

Fi re 5 is a view similar to both Figures V 4 of an additional modification of my invention.

. Referring'to the drawings in detail wher'e- 7 in like characters of reference denote corresponding parts the reference character 10 in dicates generally a reel, spool or drum as emplo ed by the manufactures of adhesive tapes an other dressings sold in rolled form. 1

The invention comprises a link 11 preferably of the square t e and lit to facilitate accommodation; of t e' spoo drum or reel within the enclosure] 1 2 defined thereby. Said link is made large enough to slide around and about theflanged sides of the reel. The cutting element, as mentionedin the forego- 'ing, consists of a blad;e 18 of elongatedconcombined an adhesive tape or other holder 1m. Serial Io. assess. figuration forming a bearing sleeve 14 hori eontally disposed upon one end thereof to ournal the adjacent yoke portion of the link 11 1n the manner as best illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawings whereby the blade may I swing therefrom to dispose a cutting edge 15, ground upon its opposite end in juxtaposition to the tape or other material wound upon the reel "structure. Stops or penetratin elements, in the nature of prongs 16, carried by to and projecting from the blade 13 beyondthe sharpened edge thereof, are adapted for biting'engagelnent with the tape or other material in the manner shown in Figure 1 of the drawings whereby retrograde movement of the entire attachment willbe retarded while the material is being severed by the 'cutting edge of the blade. In other words, I have t and means of cutting same which is generally done through the employment of scissors.

As the tape or other material is paid out from the reel, spool or-drum,-the blade will slide thereover' after the manner of a. dog upon a ratchet wheel or more likened. to the weighted cutting blade carried by the con ventional forms of racks and supports for wrapping paper in rolled form. The looseness inthe fitting of the link about the body portion and side flanges of the reel structure will permit replacement of the attachmentvat any desired place thereon and may be cante for frictional locking engagement with the reel structure to compensate with the penetrating elements during-the cutting operation. a

The modified form of my invention as illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings is in thenature of a split band designed to encompass or clamp about the-material wound upon a spool. The clamping action .of'the band, however, may be such asto permit same in its entirety to be shifted around the roll of tape between thesides' flanges of the spool as, the tape is paid out. The ends of the band 17, as shown, arespaced apart for an appreciable distance to permit the material to pass therebetween. Both extremities of'theband are sharpened,as at 18, to accomplish, severing of-the tape'and'toalway I havean extra cutting edge in reserve. Obviviously the band is grippingly engaged and compressed against the tape with one hand while the other hand is employed to reverse the unwrapping action of the tape to brin same against the adjacent cutting edge an to sever same at any desired length.

The second modification of my invention illustrated in Figure 5 of the drawing closely conforms to and. resembles characteristically the formation and application of the cut or severe link 11 as employed in the preferred form of m invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 inc usive. The distinction, as existing in the aforementioned modification over the preferred form resides in the fact that a cutting element is an inherent part thereof in contra distinction to the separate cutting blade 13. The link 19, as mentioned in the foregoing, is designed to be 'slided around and about the spool structure after the manner of the link 11 but which departs in the 4 P y out and 'cuttin action of the ta e fromt es 01 in the-f0 lowin manner. n-

stead of al owin the loose en of the tape to extend out and yond the peripheral edges or side flanges of t through an elongated slot 20 formed in the closed end of the link or yoke. The upper side edges 21 of the slot, at the ends thereof, are sharpened incident to theformation of the slot and a a-inst which the tape may be when shifted at an oblique an le therefrom.-

om the foregoing it is gathered and understood that several difierent forms of cutting devices are submitted, all of which relate to a particular type of cutter but each possesses distinctive advantages and therefore offers a selection to the buyer.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A cutting attachment for reel "structures comprising a link encompassing the reel and swingably supported centrally thereof for sliding movement upon the outer marginal -ed es of the reel, a cutting element swingab y supported upon that portion of the link extended over and between the marginal ed es of the reel and disposing the oppositeen in juxta osition to the inaterial wound about the ree and rongs carried by and inwardly projected f iom the cutting element for bitingenga ement with the material to obviate lateral istortion of the cutting element while in use.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

OMAR RIETMANN.

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